# Accident 19880528025479A: Cessna STC172, Bismarck, MO, May 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1988, 20:30 local time
- Place: Bismarck, MO
- Airport: Bismarck Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7597° N, 90.6200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7597&lon=-90.6200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8122V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8122V-1989-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,464 total, 25 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880528025479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CAUGHT LEFT WING IN LAKE WATERS AND CARTWHEELED. WITNESSES OBSERVED PILOT BUZZING THE LAKE AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC88LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA100), May 29, 1988: Cessna 172K (N8122V), Bismark, MO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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